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<< Our Photo Pages >> Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory - Museum in Taiwan

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Wednesday, 30 April 2014  Page Views: 5333

MuseumsSite Name: Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory Alternative Name: Taitung Museum
Country: Taiwan
NOTE: This site is 59.698 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Taitung
Latitude: 22.759920N  Longitude: 121.092550E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, Jade artifact. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The rescue and excavation of the Peinan Site led to the construction of the National Museum of Prehistory (NMP)

In July 1980, while the construction of today's South Line Railway Station (formerly called the Peinan East Line Railway Station) and switchyard was in progress, the building work revealed prehistoric remains of great interest on the Peinan Site. Many slate coffins and exquisite artifacts buried with the dead inside the coffins were excavated one after another, attracting great interest from the public as well as unfortunately, some illegitimate excavation and looting due to extensive coverage from the media.

After the Taitung County Government submitted a proposal to the relevant authorities, construction of the railway station was halted. Furthermore, Professor Wen-hsun Sung of National Taiwan University was delegated to recruit students and form the Peinan Culture Archaeology Team to carry out excavations and preservation.

Since then, for over 10 years Professors Wen-hsun Sung and Chao-mei Lien have led the National Taiwan University Archaeology Team at the site during the summer/winter vacation periods. The area of excavation is over 10,000m2, and over 1,500 burials and tens of thousands of pieces of pottery and stone artifacts have been excavated. This area is definitely the biggest site in the archaeological history of Taiwan. Both scholars in Taiwan and from overseas agree that it is the most important and representative site of the mid-late Neolithic Age in Taiwan. The area is also the largest slate coffin burial complex within the Pan-Pacific Ocean and South-East Asian region.

Professor Sung suggested that if we were to preserve the Peinan Site, an outdoor museum regarding the site should be built nearby. This was the first proposal for building a museum based on the Peinan Site. After 11 years of planning and construction, the NMP officially opened on August 17, 2002. It has established a foundation for the continuing development of the preservation and study of Taiwanese prehistoric culture.

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Note: A look round the impressive Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory, a first for a western online publication as far as we know
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Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. Stone artifacts. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann (Vote or comment on this photo)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Hat of a aborigine shaman. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. Small iron age heads. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, stone ladder of painan. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, stone cist of painan.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, helmet of orchid island aborigines.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, wooden kind of totem pole.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum, artifacts. (3 comments)

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. boat painting (logo) of the Orchid island aborigines.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. boat paintings of the Orchid island aborigines.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. boats of the Orchid island aborigines.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. spear heads.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. Iron age head vase.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum.stone sword information board.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum.stone swords.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum.stone artifacts.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. stone and jade artifacts.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. small bronze-age head.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Information board about the ancient stone cult.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. large standing stone plate information.

Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory
Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory submitted by KaiHofmann : Taitung museum. large standing stone and rock coffin room.

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Re: Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory Street View by lorddragonstar on Thursday, 15 May 2014
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This isn't going to be an actual useful comment. it is merely an observation.
I notice, for instance, the images may state something like "Iron Age Pottery," but there are no descriptions of that which the pottery is made nor are there descriptions of dimensions.
I find the lack of this vital information to be quite disappointing. For the most part, the objects are quite easily identifiable, but a lack of accurate information makes the images nothing better than a blank postcard.
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    Re: Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory Street View by Runemage on Thursday, 15 May 2014
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    Hello LordDragonstar and welcome, I see this is your first comment to our site so I'm guessing perhaps you're not familiar with our sources for our information and how our site works.

    One one level, yes, it would be nice if every photograph submitted to us had a full description and provenance, however, we have submissions from all over the globe from people of many different cultures. Some are professional archaeologists and they will detail their submissions, some are dedicated amateurs who have the time to add accurate details to their images, some are dedicated amateurs who don't have the time, some are enthusiasts who don't feel confident to add a detailed description either in their own language or in English. Some are a one-time-only visitor who has photographed something either they think we may like or something that may be ancient and that they would like more information about. Sometimes descriptions of objects are a museum's own then whoever submits them here has to paraphrase the description, again that takes time and skill that some people either can't or don't want to commit to, but there's still value in us having and displaying the image, because someone else may come along and add the missing details.

    When you are browsing our pages and you find you have some information that's relevant and new, please do send it, this is the way we work, some of our pages are submitted "whole" and others are a collaborative effort built up over time by people who don't know each other but have a shared common interest in prehistory.
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    Re: Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory Street View by KaiHofmann on Friday, 16 May 2014
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    Hello lorddragonstar,
    When I was in the museum, I tried to read something about the exhibited itmes, but there where no chance to understand. Almost everything was in chinese, there were no english translations except some infoboards which I posted as well. I took photos as much as I can and I wrote the information I had about the artifacts as much as I could red.
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Taiwan National Museum of Prehistory Street View by Andy B on Wednesday, 08 May 2013
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